The REPORTER
Three Hamilton County teams advanced to the championship round of their respective regionals on Tuesday.
Noblesville advanced to the final of its own regional, beating a tough Frankton team 3-2 in the Tuesday semifinals. The No. 24-ranked Millers swept the doubles matches, with No. 1 Rory Bushong and Liam Shepard winning 6-2, 6-0 and No. 2 Jack Brenneman and Dane Campbell getting a 6-1, 6-0 victory. No. 3 singles Zane Panning was the clincher, getting a 6-3, 6-2 win.
No. 1 singles Ethan Feliciano fell to Sam Barr in a tight match 6-3, 7-6 (9); Barr moves on to the individual tournament. No. 2 singles Coleman Kratz dropped a 6-4, 6-2 match to Max Barr.
Noblesville takes on Delta at 4:30 p.m. today for the Regional 14 title.
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Top-ranked Carmel swept Crawfordsville 5-0 to reach the championship of the Lebanon regional on Tuesday.
The Greyhounds won all five matches in straight sets, including 6-0, 6-0 shutouts for No. 2 singles Rocky Li, No. 1 doubles Michael Bao and Braedon McIntyre, and No. 2 doubles David Liu and Grant Mu. No. 1 singles Jonathan Yang won his match 6-3, 6-0 and No. 3 singles Wes Worobel was a 6-1, 6-1 winner.
Carmel takes on No. 9 Park Tudor in today’s Regional 9 championship, which starts at 5 p.m.
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Also at Lebanon, two county individual players will face off for the individual sectional title today.
University’s Owen Schellhase defeated Parke Heritage’s Lewie Woody 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the final. He will play Guerin Catholic’s Max Fuller, a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Western Boone’s Gavin Hawkins.
The two will play at Lebanon today for the championship.
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Fishers beat Northeastern 5-0 in Tuesday’s semifinals to reach the championship at the Mount Vernon regional.
The No. 14 Tigers play No. 30 Greenfield-Central at 5 p.m. today for the Regional 8 championship.